Archive timeline
2001
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2001, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2001
- AUGUST 17, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A July 2001 Harris Interactive survey found that: · 94%...
A July 2001 Harris Interactive survey found that: · 94% of Americans believe innocent people are sometimes convicted of murder · those surveyed believe that, on average, 12% of those convicted of murder are innocent · only 42% believe the death penalty de
- AUGUST 17, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Texas Court Grants Stay for Juvenile Offender
Aug 17: Napoleon Beazley was granted a stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals just hours before his scheduled execution.
- AUGUST 16, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Three armed robbers, sentenced to death by a revolutionary...
Three armed robbers, sentenced to death by a revolutionary court, were hanged in public at dawn
- AUGUST 16, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jeffery Doughtie was executed for he murders of Jerry...
Jeffery Doughtie was executed for he murders of Jerry Dean, 80, and his wife, Sylvia, 76 on Aug
- AUGUST 16, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A man named Vali Hezar-Asb, from the Khavaran District...
A man named Vali Hezar-Asb, from the Khavaran District of Tehran, was publicly hanged in a football field opposite the Khavaran cultural centre
- AUGUST 16, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat ordered an inquiry...
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat ordered an inquiry into the death of a Palestinian man who the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said may have been tortured to death in a Gaza Strip prison run by the Palestinian Authority's military intellige
- AUGUST 15, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Rodolfo Biazon proposed amending the Death...
Senator Rodolfo Biazon proposed amending the Death Penalty Law to make the selling of firearms and other weapons to enemies of the state by members of the military and police a crime punishable by death through firing squad
- AUGUST 15, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Britons who admitted their guilt for three bomb...
Three Britons who admitted their guilt for three bomb explosions in the kingdom in 2000 could face the death penalty
- AUGUST 15, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Reza Nadi, 21, and Kazem Alayemi, 35, were publicly...
Reza Nadi, 21, and Kazem Alayemi, 35, were publicly hanged after being convicted of having murdered three jewellers and one student
- AUGUST 15, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Napoleon Beazley was granted a stay of execution by...
Napoleon Beazley was granted a stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals just four hours before his scheduled execution
- AUGUST 15, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
In Sana'a, Abdullah al-Sifyani was executed for the...
In Sana'a, Abdullah al-Sifyani was executed for the murder of Mohammed al-Abhar, and Nasser Saleh al-Matari was executed for the murder of Nabil Naji al-Matari
- AUGUST 14, 2001Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Britain's Privy Council overturned a death sentence...
Britain's Privy Council overturned a death sentence imposed on a citizen of the Dominican Republic, who was convicted of murder because the trial judge did not consider the issue of provocation
- AUGUST 14, 2001DelawareDEATH PENALTY
The Delaware Supreme Court overturned the conviction...
The Delaware Supreme Court overturned the conviction and death sentence given Freddy Flonnory, 22, who was accused as a teen of murdering Angela Farmer, 17, and Danya Adams, 18, on July 14, 1997
- AUGUST 14, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A federal court overturned the sentence of Oklahoma...
A federal court overturned the sentence of Oklahoma death row inmate Alfred Brian Mitchell because of the false and misleading testimony by Oklahoma City police chemist Joyce Gilchrist at trial
- AUGUST 14, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- AUGUST 13, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Ruling right-wing party MP Alfredo Biondi said he would...
Ruling right-wing party MP Alfredo Biondi said he would address a parliamentary interrogation to the Foreign Minister regarding the initiatives the government intends to take towards the release of the eight western aid-workers arrested in Afghanistan on
- AUGUST 13, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced...
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced to death Ozias Sibanda, 33, after convicting him of trying to smuggle 850 grams of heroin into the country
- AUGUST 13, 2001NepalDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced...
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced to death Nepalese Indra Bahadur Tamang, 21, after convicting him of trying to smuggle 900 grams of heroin into the country
- AUGUST 13, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced...
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced to death Okwudili Ayotanze, 21, and Hansen Anthony Nwaliosa, 33, both Nigerian nationals
- AUGUST 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Qi Huogui, described by Hong Kong-based news agency...
Qi Huogui, described by Hong Kong-based news agency Zhongguo Tongxun She as "the most serious corrupt official since the founding of Hainan Province," was executed by firing squad
- AUGUST 13, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court sentenced to death two...
The Tangerang District Court sentenced to death two Nigerians, a Zimbabwean and a Nepalese man for drug related offences
- AUGUST 13, 2001New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
A report recently released by the New Jersey Supreme...
A report recently released by the New Jersey Supreme Court found that the state's death penalty is more likely to be sought against defendants who kill white victims in white, suburban neighborhoods
- AUGUST 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in the southern city of Haikou sentenced to...
A court in the southern city of Haikou sentenced to death Wu Yadi, 37, a middle-ranking police officer, who was insulted by a prostitute during sex and was so enraged that he killed her
- AUGUST 12, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian news agency IRNA reported that a 31 year old,...
Iranian news agency IRNA reported that a 31 year old, unnamed Iranian man, who had been sentenced to death for murder was publicly hanged at dawn
- AUGUST 12, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian radio reported that the State Security...
Palestinian radio reported that the State Security Court sentenced to death Khalid Sa'id al-'Akkih by firing squad
- AUGUST 11, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Yahia...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Yahia bin Mayyid al-Karni was publicly beheaded in Southern Saudi Arabia after being convicted of shooting dead a young woman from his tribe
- AUGUST 10, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain staged a demonstration in front of the...
Hands Off Cain staged a demonstration in front of the Belgian Embassy in Rome, calling for European intervention in favour of 24 aid-workers arrested in Afghanistan on charges of proselytising in favour of Chistianity
- AUGUST 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TV reports stated that Zhuo Changren and Jiang Hongjun,...
TV reports stated that Zhuo Changren and Jiang Hongjun, who were among six Chinese given asylum after hijacking an airliner to South Korea in 1983, were each executed by a gunshot to the back of the head
- AUGUST 10, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Rodolfo Biazon declared on Philippines GMA...
Senator Rodolfo Biazon declared on Philippines GMA television that he wanted to see the death penalty for members of the military found guilty of conniving with the Abu Sayyaf
- AUGUST 10, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Zhuo Changren and Jiang Honjun, two Chinese defectors,...
Zhuo Changren and Jiang Honjun, two Chinese defectors, were executed for kidnapping and murdering a Taiwanese man in 1991